The National Statistics Office of Malta, a tiny island nation in the Mediterranean Sea, compiles baby name rankings by lumping variant spellings of names (like Matthew, Matteo and Matthias) together into a single entry.

The most popular baby names in Malta last year were:

Boy Names

Luke/Luca (79 babies)

Matthew/Matteo/Matthias (78)

Jake (67)

Andre & Isaac & Michael/Michele (tie; 49 each)

Nicholas (46)

Aidan (42)

Kieran (41)

Daniel (40)

Kyle (37)

Nathan/Nathaniel (31)

Gabriel (30)

Christian & Julian & Liam (tie; 27 each)

Alexander (26)

Zachery (23)

Thomas (22)

James (21)

Benjamin (18)

Tristan (17)

Jaydon & Kurt & Leon & Sven (tie; 16 each)

Denzel & John Paul (tie; 15 each)

Girl Names

Maria/Mariah (73 babies)

Maya (53)

Amy (43)

Martina & Emma (tie; 40 each)

Shania (36)

Ylenia & Michela/Michaela & Sarah (tie; 35 each)

Elisa/Eliza (33)

Julia (32)

Jasmin (30)

Hailey (72)

Nicole (26)

Francesca (25)

Catherine/Katarina/Kate (23)

Amber & Hannah (tie; 19 each)

Emily & Kelsey (tie; 18 each)

Thea (16)

Kaylie & Lara (tie; 15 each)

Matthea (14)

Mireille & Naomi (tie; 13 each)

Aaliyah (12)

There were 2,039 boys and 1,846 girls born in Malta in 2006. (The country only has 402,000 inhabitants total.) Based on the numbers above, 46% of those boys and 41% of those girls were given a top-20 name.